Φιλία

friendly [country]

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Dec 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

[Meaning] one's own territory, as polemi/a ["hostile (country)"] [is] alien [territory].¹
"The consul, as he was in friendly territory, differed greatly."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φιλία· ἡ οἰκεία χώρα, ὡς πολεμία, ἡ ἀλλοτρία. ὁ δὲ ὕπατος ἅτε ἐν τῇ φιλίᾳ ὢν πολὺ διέφερε.

Betacode

*fili/a: h( oi)kei/a xw/ra, w(s polemi/a, h( a)llotri/a. o( de\ u(/patos a(/te e)n th=| fili/a| w)\n polu\ die/fere.

Notes (2)

1The headword is feminine nominative singular of the adjective fi/lios; understand xw/ra (as in the gloss) or gh= (LSJ s.v. I.1.). See already phi 301. ↩
2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpts made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus) unidentifiable. ↩

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φ301Φιλαμπελωτάτηmost fond of vines, very fond of vines[Referring to] peace; for when there is peace we farm, but when there is war, the opposite. Also [sc. attested is] fili/a ["friendly"], [meaning] one's own territory; as polemi/a ["hostile"], [means] alien [territory].

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φ335Φιλητέωνof thieves φ336Φιλητήςlover φ337Φιλίαfriendly [country]φ338Φιλίαfriendship φ339ΦιλιάζωI befriend, I am a friend

Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Apr 2014

27 Apr 2014typo — Catharine Roth
9 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
17 Dec 2010more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
17 Dec 2010Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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